“It was so overwhelming,” the 21-year-old pop star told Jimmy Fallon during an appearance on “The Tonight Show” on Wednesday. “What was so special about the emotional moment at the end was that it was real. It was authentic. I just wanted it so bad.”

Following the performance of his new singles “Where Are Ü Now” and “What Do You Mean” during Sunday’s telecast, Bieber broke down on stage while the crowd broke into thunderous applause.

“I missed some cues so I was a bit disappointed about that,” he said. “But just the support … I didn’t expect them to support me in the way they did. Last time I was at an awards show, I was booed.”

The Canadian crooner infamously lost his shirt — and dropped his pants — to much disapproval from the audience at the Fashion Rocks event in Brooklyn last September.